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hopefully it did not kill them all off and that there are enough bacteria in in my rock and substrate that this mistake will not cause a minicycle? Are their any preventitive measures that I should take?

will the freshwater have killed the bacteria?

I just rinsed out my cannister filter for the first time (FLuval 305). I was starting to see a small rise in trates, and had not ever rinsed rinsed it (it has been going for 6 weeks). I watched the instructional video that came with it, and followed the instructions. I rinsed the media...

I mix my own. I am not sure wha tis going on. What about the ph?

YEs, I should have been more clear. RO only for topoffs- salt mixed for 48hrs prior to adding.

Relatively new to this. Water is testing fine to this point. Today my ph and specific gravity are a little low. Readings Ammonia- 0 Nitirites - 0 Nitrates- 10 Ph- 7.8 specific gravity 1.019 It is a 46 gallon fowlr been up for about 6 weeks. Using RO for 5gal water changes every 10 days...

can they work with crushed coral or only in sand?

luckily no, it hit the substrate. No damage to equipment or livestock. Lesson learned, with minimal price. Whew!

I have had a 46 gal fowlr going for several weeks now. The rock has been very stable, until yesterday. I added two large turbo snails, yesterday afternoon. Needless to say, they found a way to make the relatively stable rock, unstable. I woke up this morning and my aquascaping had...

I believe WM uses a 3rd party vendor for their water machines. I would not be surprised if different regions use differenct vendors. Although relatively new, I have never had a problem with the RO from our local WM

You likely did not start your cycle until the addition of the fish. You need something biological (food, waste, otehr decaying bio matter, etc). Your fish are probably extremely stresseed from high ammonia levels and the extremely hot temp. The clowns are fairly hardy, and may weather this...

Southeastern OH- Belpre Aquarium in Blepre and Fish "n" Stuff in Marietta. They are owned by the same people, and are very helpful.

Stang- what part of SE OH are you from. I am in Marietta.

I have a 46gal fowlr. I run a Fluval 305 and have a powerhead. Combined, these two provide about 12x/hour water flow. All levels have tested fine (tested them at home and confirmed by good LFS). My live stock includes 2 false percs, 1 foxface 1 toby puffer 12 small hermits All that being...

Windex also makes an "ammonia-free" cleaner that I use on the outside of my tank.

Although I am no expert, I have heard that this can happen when a foxface is introduced after a tang. The foxface is quite hardy, and from what I have read this behavior should cease within a day or two. Keep an eye out though.

I get my RO from Walmart. They have a unit there in the store. I bought a five gallon water cooler container for $11 and refill it for $1.58. They do sell it for about .68 in the gallon jugs.

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I what ways do shrimp, snails, and small hermits effect the bio load of a tank? I understand the effects of cleaning, but cam too large of a crew decrease the amount of fish that you can keep?

I found it off of a barrier island in NC. Most of it washed up after a storm. I have a new tank, just a few pounds of live rock and about the same of already dead "lace rock". The tank is still cycling, the ammonia levels started to drop before I left on vacation. I plan on having a fish...